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As Steve Jobs has announced yesterday at Apple’s WWDC a new version of XCode was introduced. SJ talked about version 3.0 being handed out to developers at WWDC. He said that during the final minutes of the keynote. Today I logged in to http://developer.apple.com expecting to be able to download the new version. Instead I found another version of XCode. Namely version 2.4. The last available version was 2.3 until now, so 2.4 is still an update. It also looks like the 2.4 version has the features that were promised for 3.0. But why is this now a minor update instead of the advertised major release? There is a difference in stepping up from 2.3 to 2.4 or up to 3.0.

Does Apple distribute another version to website visitors than they are distribution to WWDC developers? I actually don’t know what version WWDC attendees really got. Would be interesting to hear from someone that was there…

Update: looks like XCode 3.0 is due for release in ‘07. The XCode 2.4 seems just an update for 64bit and some other stuff which may be relevant for the new Mac pro systems. Developers at WWDC probably only got a sneak-peak to XCode 3.0 and got 2.4 on their handed-out dvd sets.

I recently scratched my Nokia E61 quite badly. I decided to order replacement parts and to replaceme the cover and the case. I don’t like service points so I took the freedom to replace to cover on my own. The procedure will probably void your warranty, but then, how should they find out you changed the cover? As long you don’t brake things it probably wont void your warranty from an effective point of view.

In order to change the cover of my Nokia E61 I had to take it apart. I took a few moments to make pictures along the process. If you need instructions on how to remove the cover of your own E61, then follow the link to the E61 gallery.

I just found a new blackberry client for my E61 on Nokia’s business software homepage and noticed, that it has a new firmware requirement. It is asking for version 2.0618.06.05 . But todays E61 all come with version 1.0610.04.04 which is from the 19th of April 2006.
The new requirement is odd since even Nokia’s authorized service centers didn’t get the new version yet. Still, this leads to the conclusion that there is going to be a firmware upgrade ready. Maybe I’ll finally see all those nasty bugs squashed. I hope very much that Nokia is also going to upgrade their sip client. This piece of software has so much potential but is yet so buggy…

According to Orange Switzerland a new Blackberry Internet Service plan will be introduced on the 15th of August 2006. Instead of 3MB/p.m. for CHF 30.00 customers will get 5MB/p.m. for CHF 20.00. I noticed the new service on Orange’s own website today but according to a sales-person the service should not have been announced yet. Here’s the link to Orange’s bb page. As an avid blackberry user I strongly welcome the new service.

I have also been told that there is going to be a new data plan for GPRS and UMTS traffic. Allegedly it will be called “Optima Internet”. Details have not been disclosed but it was said it should have been introduced at the end of June 2006. Plans are now to introduce the new plan during the next two months. Maybe Orange is also going to offer some kind of plan with a flat-rate or at least a pretty high volume like Swisscom does. Swisscom is currently offering 1GB/p.m. for CHF 69.00, which in my opinion is completely overpriced! Since Orange has a more aggressive pricing I’m eager to see what kind of price-plan they will come up with.

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I had a little accident on my notebook a few weeks ago. While I was working very late (5-am in the morning) I poured a substantial amount of very sugared liquid over my two week old system . While the liquid in question shall stay unnamed, the notebook was a MacBook Pro 17 inch! You might guess my reaction… I was lucky to turn the system off immediately and shook most of the liquid out of the notebook. I also used some compressed air to get the liquid out of some nastier places of the new MacBook. Finally, and luckily(!) the system was running again flawlessly… until the keyboard started to annoy me after two more weeks. It got sticky and keys were not responding well anymore. As I pushed a key it took 1-2s for the key to pop out again. Since I really like to write fast on my keyboard this was starting to become a bigger problem.

So I decided to take the MacBook apart, disassemble the keyboard and wash it under flowing water.

As I found out on googling about similar accidents with liquids, they seem to happen quite often. So I decided to document the process with a picture gallery. Maybe you found this page because you had the same kind of luck I had or maybe you’re just here to see the innards of a new MBP 17-inch. Which ever way, enjoy the pictures .

A word of caution: DO NOT TRY THIS YOURSELF UNLESS YOU ARE WELL-ENOUGH SKILLED. YOU CAN BREAK OR EVEN COMPLETELY DESTROY YOUR MACBOOK. IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR SYSTEM CONTACT APPLE SUPPORT FOR PROPER SERVICE. YOU ALONE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH YOUR SYSTEMS!

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Looks like it’s time for new Apple MacBooks again. People at ThinkSecret are saying its time for a new round of products. The new 13.3 inch MacBooks are expected to be announced today. ThinkSecret is very accurate on their announcements. They got it right with the 17” MB. Will they get it right again?